For some, it was Beanie Babies. For others, it was Precious Moments figurines. In the 1990s, those were the two big camps you could fall into as far as collectors’ items were concerned. If you happen ...

He works in mysterious ways.

There was a certain era when every birthday or gift-giving holiday gained you some type of collectible, no matter if you actually asked for the item or if you just knew you'd be unwrapping one from ...

If you grew up walking past Precious Moments figurines that your grandmother had displayed on her dining room shelves, know that it’s not too late to go back and list them on eBay! I’m kidding. But in ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. — Sam Butcher, the artist who created the Precious Moments figurines depicting angelic teardrop-eyed children, has died. He was 85. The company said in a Facebook post that he died early ...

In his latest adventure, Timmy the Angel is given an important new assignment. He must find a way to help the people in two villages who are about to be stricken with illness. The Native Americans ...

Sam Butcher sometimes struggled to explain why Precious Moments figurines, his signature artistic creation, became such a cultural phenomenon. Half a million people joined special collectors’ clubs to ...